RURIK
Rurik
Rurik or Riurik was a Varangian chieftain who gained control of Ladoga in 862, built the Holmgard settlement near Novgorod, and founded the Rurik Dynasty, which ruled Kievan Rus until the 17th century.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Rurik
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